Just to throw a variation out there... :)
My Favorite French Singers (part 1)
Everybody knows Edith Piaf or eventually, Charles Aznavour, but I want to make {or "would like"} [1] you to discover other French singers which who are among my favorites. If you like (listening to) the beautiful French (language), you have to listen to them!
Jacques Brel: He wasn’t French, but Belgian. He was a great lyricist with a very subtle sense of observation of observing people. He wrote songs about love, women, creeps, alcoholic guys. His most famous song “If you Go Away” was covered [2] by Nina Simone, Ray Charles or Frank Sinatra {and Shirley Bassey too!}. On stage, he was flat out like a histrionic actor. It was amazing and powerful. He had a very expressive and charismatic face. He vomited before every concert because of (the) stage fright…
http://youtu.be/3PJEorm42vI
This is the song “Ces gens-là”. The quality is not very good but you can see his amazing performance. There are English subs.
Jean Ferrat: Jean Ferrat had a beautiful, deep and sweet voice (at the same time) [3]. He was a humanist, a sympathizer of the communist ideas but although he wasn’t a member of the French communist party. He didn’t hesitate to criticize the communist party because of the USSR. He was a simple guy: He left the (music) scene because he didn’t like that it and he lived in a little village in Ardèche. For me, he joined {or "followed in the footsteps of"} the French literary tradition in singing the Aragon’s, Verlaine’s, Apollinaire’s poems.
One on my favorite songs is “C’est si peu dire que je t’aime”, it’s a love song and a Louis Aragon’s poem: http://youtu.be/K4236u0imeI (No English subs)
There’s a song by Jean Ferrat in “Vivre sa vie” by Godard. We can see him at the jukebox. (There are English subs): http://youtu.be/xkrDNiPxLiA
I hope you’ll enjoy these beautiful songs. To be continued…
On the picture : Jacques Brel. He's dead died from a lung cancer...
General note: Things in brackets are optional.
[1] This is fine, but I just wanted to point out a subtlety: "I want" => je veux, "I would like"=>je voudrais.
[2] I think "covered" is fine to use here because it is a cover of "Ne me quittez pas".
[3] In English construction, we tend to have the adjectives close to the things we're describing. So the phrase "at the same time" reads "interrupted" by the placement of "voice". So I would rephrase it as: "Jean Ferrat had a beautiful voice, deep and sweet at the same time." or "Jean Ferrat had a beautiful voice that was, at the same time, deep and sweet".
My Favorite French Singers (part 1)
Everybody knows Edith Piaf or eventually Charles Aznavour but I want to make you discover introduce other French singers which who are my favorites. If you like the beautiful French, you have to listen to them!
Jacques Brel: He wasn’t French but a Belgian. He was a great lyricist with a very subtle sense of observation of people. He wrote songs about love, women, creeps, alcoholic guys. His most famous song “If you Go Away” was covered performed by Nina Simone, Ray Charles or and Franck Sinatra. On stage, he was flat out like a histrionic actor. It was amazing and powerful. He had a very expressive and charismatic face. He vomited before every concert because of the stage fear fright…
http://youtu.be/3PJEorm42vI
This is the song “Ces gens-là”. The quality is not very good but you can see his amazing performance. There are English subs.
Jean Ferrat: Jean Ferrat had a beautiful deep and sweet voice at the same time. He was a humanist, a sympathizer of the communist ideas but he wasn’t a member of the French communist party. He didn’t hesitate to criticize the communist party because of the USSR. He was a simple guy: He left the scene because he didn’t liked it/that and he lived in a little small village in near Ardèche. For According to me, he joined the French literary tradition in singing the Aragon’s, Verlaine’s, Apollinaire’s poems.
One on of my favorite songs is “C’est si peu dire que je t’aime”, it’s a love song and a Louis Aragon’s poem: http://youtu.be/K4236u0imeI (No English subs)
There’s a song by Jean Ferrat in “Vivre sa vie” by Godard. We can see him at the jukebox. (There are English subs): http://youtu.be/xkrDNiPxLiA
I hope you’ll enjoy these beautiful songs. To be continued…
On the picture : Jacques Brel. He's dead from a lung cancer... He died of Lung Cancer
Well Written. Good Informative Article. Keep it up.
Bravo! Bon Courage
